Section 17-14-34 – Governor to Estimate Returns and Give Notice of Election.
Section 17-14-34 Governor to estimate returns and give notice of election. Within 15 days after the time for making the returns, the Governor, in the presence of the Secretary of State and Attorney General, or either of them in the absence of the other, must certify the returns, ascertain which electors are elected, and notify […]
Section 17-14-35 – Tie Vote.
Section 17-14-35 Tie vote. If, at the time of making the certification under Section 17-14-34, it is found that an election of the number of electors to which the state is entitled is not made by reason of two or more candidates having received an equal number of votes, the Governor must forthwith decide between […]
Section 17-14-36 – Electoral Meeting; Filling of Vacancies.
Section 17-14-36 Electoral meeting; filling of vacancies. The electors of President and Vice President are to assemble at the office of the Secretary of State, at the seat of government at 12:00 noon on the second Tuesday in December next after their election, or at that hour on such other day as may be fixed […]
Section 17-14-37 – Compensation of Electors.
Section 17-14-37 Compensation of electors. Each elector for President and Vice President shall receive eight dollars ($8) for each day he or she necessarily attends at the seat of government, and twenty cents ($.20) for every mile traveled to and from the same, to be estimated in the same manner as is provided by law […]
Section 17-14-50 – Counting and Returning Vote on Constitutional Amendment.
Section 17-14-50 Counting and returning vote on constitutional amendment. The vote on an amendment proposed to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, shall be counted and return made thereof as the vote for members of the Legislature is counted and returned, the amendments, if more than one, being designated by substantially the language used to […]
Section 17-14-51 – Returns Made to Secretary of State.
Section 17-14-51 Returns made to Secretary of State. The canvassing board shall ascertain the number of votes given in their respective counties for and against the proposed amendment when ascertaining the vote given for officers; the canvassing board of such county shall thereupon make returns of such vote, by precincts, to the Secretary of State […]
Section 17-14-52 – Returns Counted; Result Proclaimed.
Section 17-14-52 Returns counted; result proclaimed. The Secretary of State, in the presence of the Governor and Attorney General, or one of them, shall open certificates received pursuant to Section 17-14-51 and therefrom ascertain whether a majority of all the qualified electors of the state who voted at such election voted in favor of such […]
Section 17-14-53 – Expense of Publication of Proclamation.
Section 17-14-53 Expense of publication of proclamation. Whenever any proposed amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, regardless of the nature thereof, is submitted to the people for ratification or adoption, the expense of publication of the Governor’s proclamation concerning such amendment shall be paid out of the General Fund of the State of […]
Section 17-14-54 – Cost of Elections on Constitutional Amendments.
Section 17-14-54 Cost of elections on constitutional amendments. Unless otherwise stated in the act or resolution calling such election, whenever any special election is ordered by the Legislature upon any proposed amendment or amendments to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, and the amendment affects only one municipality in this state, and if no amendment […]
Section 17-14-55 – Duty of State Comptroller to Ascertain Expenses and File Same.
Section 17-14-55 Duty of state Comptroller to ascertain expenses and file same. It shall be the duty of the Comptroller to ascertain the expense of an election under Section 17-14-54 and, within 30 days after the holding of the same, to present to and file with the clerk of such municipality a statement of the […]